Qantas workers meet with PM

In a last ditch effort to adjust the government's thinking on changes to the Qantas Sale Act, unions and workers have met with the prime minister in Canberra.

The meeting comes after Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce accused unions of 'blatant fearmongering' for claims that changing the Act would affect airline safety, and the former head of Qantas Geoff Dixon argued that 'the Qantas Sale Act should be abandoned totally'.

The prime minister said his meeting with the delegates was conducted in 'good spirit', but what the talks achieved is yet to be seen.